Pinkham, Wenona Osborne, 1882-1930
Wenona Osborne was born in 1882, probably in the midwest. Her family traveled by "prairie schooner" to the plains of Colorado when WO was five. After her father died, perhaps while she was in high school, she became the chief financial support for her mother, three brothers, and a sister. While teaching in the Denver public schools, she earned a B.A. from the University of Denver. She married Henry W. Pinkham, a Unitarian minister and pacifist, in about 1911; they moved to Massachusetts, first to Boston and then to Newton Centre. Their daughter Louisa Catherine was born in 1915.
As state chairman of organization for the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, 1913-1915, Pinkham was presented to audiences as an example of a woman voter, since Colorado had granted women suffrage years before. In 1917, Pinkham became executive secretary of the Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government (BESAGG), and remained in this position when the organization became the Boston League of Women Voters. In late 1922 she left BESAGG and became associate executive secretary of the Massachusetts Civic League (MCL), an organization that promoted social welfare legislation and such issues as paying prisoners for their work. From 1924 until her death in 1930, Pinkham served as MCL's executive secretary. After her death, a group of her friends established a trust fund for her daughter Louisa Catherine. For additional biographical information, see #1026. For additional information about the trust fund, see the Florence Hope Luscomb papers (MC 394) at the Schlesinger Library.
From the guide to the Woman's Rights Collection (WRC), (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)
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referencedIn | Nichols-Shurtleff family. Papers, 1780-1953, (bulk: 1850-1940) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
creatorOf | Pinkham, Wenona Osborne, 1882-1930. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1918-1930 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
creatorOf | Pinkham, Wenona Osborne, 1882-1930. Papers, 1893-1934 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Nichols-Shurtleff family. Papers, 1780-1953, (bulk: 1850-1940) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers of Grace A. Johnson in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1840-1952 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Luscomb, Florence, 1887-1985. Papers, 1856-2001 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Luscomb, Florence, 1887-1985. Papers, 1856-1987 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
creatorOf | Pinkham, Wenona Osborne, 1882-1930. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1918-1930 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Sheldon Glueck papers | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
referencedIn | Claflin, Adelaide Avery, 1846-1931. Papers, 1855-1921 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers of Grace A. Johnson in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1840-1952 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Woman's rights collection, 1853-1958 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1870-1960 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers of Edna Lamprey Stantial, 1836-1985 (inclusive), 1900-1955 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Woman's rights collection, 1853-1958 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1870-1960 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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associatedWith | Claflin, Adelaide Avery, 1846-1931. | person |
associatedWith | Glueck, Sheldon, 1896- | person |
associatedWith | Johnson, Grace Allen Fitch, 1871-1952 | person |
associatedWith | League of Women Voters (Boston, Mass.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | League of Women Voters of Boston. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Luscomb, Florence, 1887- | person |
associatedWith | Luscomb, Florence, 1887-1985 | person |
associatedWith | Massachusetts Civic League | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Nichols family. | family |
associatedWith | NICHOLS-SHURTLEFF FAMILY | family |
associatedWith | Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955 | person |
associatedWith | Stantial, Edna Lamprey. | person |
associatedWith | Willard, Mabel Caldwell | person |
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